April is Child Abuse Prevention Month!
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Read to your children, or have them read to you.
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Plan and decorate your children's rooms together. / 3
Visit a farm to see maple sugaring.
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Tell your child you are proud of her for something you are really proud of her about. / 5
Come to the State House as April is being proclaimed Child Abuse Prevention Month! / 6
Visit a local farm to see baby goats and sheep. / 7
Spend quiet time with each child, listening to their stories & dreams. / 8
Draw your family; make a family photo album; or just talk about your family’s history.
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Bake cookies together and bring them to a local homeless shelter.
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Let your children plan a Sunday meal and help them prepare it. / 11
Make a growth chart so you can measure your child’s height. / 12
Make play dough; enjoy it together. / 13
Go for a walk or a hike and look for
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Cut up old magazines and catalogues and make a collage together. / 15
Have a potluck with family, friends or a neighbor
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Visit a nursing home and bring home-made cards for residents. / 17
Compliment your child on an act of kindness or a new skill. / 18
Teach your child a new song or just make one up.
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Invite another family over for a potluck dinner and games. / 20
Go the library and help your children to get a card and check out a book. / 21
Start a collection with your child, such as stamps or rocks. / 22
Write to a family member or a friend or someone who is alone.
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Fly kites or make a picnic (even in the snow).
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Clean closets and bring unwanted items to a shelter. / 25
Draw pictures of your child’s favorite animals.
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Make puppets, from old socks or paper bags. / 27
Talk to your kids about what to do in an emergency.
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Play a favorite game together. / 29
Go outside in the evening and look at the stars.
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Tell your child you love him, every day!